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101 Montunos - by Rebeca Mauleon-Santana. Best method book ever published on how to play piano in all the Afro-Cuban styles.

Afro-Caribbean Grooves for Drumset - by Jean-Philippe Fanfant. Over 100 rhythms from a dozen Caribbean countries arranged for drumset, including CD with both audio and visual files. In English and French. Endorsed by Peter Erskine & Horacio Hernandez.

Afro-Peruvian Percussion Ensemble - by Hector Morales. The most comprehensive book ever published on Afro-Peruvian percussion, including material for the cajon, drumset, congas, bongos, etc, as well as a full-length DVD showing how to play each instrument and how they all sound in live performances.

All-Jazz Real Book - Original compositions by most of the great contemporary and bebop jazz composers - Miles, Bill Evans, Brecker, Scofield, Jobim, Trane. Includes a free CD!

An Approach to Comping - Vol. 2 - by Jeb Patton. Advanced Concepts and Techniques explores the comping styles of modern jazz pianists. It is a step-by-step guide to comping rhythms, voicings, and progressions - as played by the masters.

Authors - Alphabetical listing of Sher Music authors and their publications.

Essential Grooves - by Dan Moretti, Matthew Nicholl and Oscar Stagnaro. Features 41 different rhythm section grooves for every style from funk to hip hop to jazz to salsa. Multi-track DVD and audio included to play-along with, loop, or use as the foundation for creating original grooves.

Inside the Brazilian Rhythm Section - by Nelson Faria & Cliff Korman. The first comprehensive book to show how to play the most important styles of Brazilian music - samba, bossa, afoxe, choro, Complete instruction for bass, drums, guitar and piano.

Jazz Guitar Voicings: The Drop 2 Book - by Randy Vincent. A thorough look at how to play full, chordal melodies in the style of Joe Pass, Jim Hall, Wes Montgomery, etc, using "drop 2" voicings. With 2 CDs. Endorsed by Julian Lage, John Stowell.

Jazz Harmony Book - by David Berkman. Course in how to harmonize any melody, from Silent Night to advanced jazz compositions — an instant classic, endorsed by Kenny Werner, Fred Hersch.

Jazz Scores and Analysis - by Rick Lawn. Complete charts and analysis of big band compositions by Vince Mendoza, John Fedchock, Bob Mintzer, Darcy James Argue, John Hollenbeck and Jim McNeely. New!

Jazz Singer's Guidebook - by David Berkman. Witty, engaging and comprehensive, The Jazz Singer's Guidebook is the first in-depth course in jazz harmony and scat singing for the serious vocalist ever published.

Jazz Solos of Chick Corea - by Peter Sprague. Many of Chick Corea's best solos transcribed for any instrument (single melody line only, not complete piano scores).

Jazz Theory Book - by Mark Levine. The Best-selling jazz theory book ever published, simply because it is the best. Used in universities world-wide and translated into 5 languages.

Language of the Masters - by Michael Spiro and Michael Coletti. Transcriptions and Etudes of 10 Great Latin Percussion Artists.

Latin Bass Book: A Practical Guide - by Oscar Stagnaro and Chuck Sher. Only comprehensive bass book ever published on how to create bass lines in Afro-Cuban, Brazilian & South American styles - with 3 CDs!

Latin Real Book - Contemporary and classic salsa, latin jazz and Brazilian music arrangements, exactly as recorded, to help your band play in authentic Latin styles.

Line Games - by Randy Vincent. An In-Depth Study of Single-Note Lines for Guitar. Full of practical and inspiring approaches to creating jazz solos on guitar - many with fingerings and string selection included.

Metaphors for the Musician - by Randy Halberstadt. This practical and enlightening book will help any jazz player or vocalist look at music with new eyes - music theory, but with a human touch.

Method for Chromatic Harmonica - by Max De Aloe. Method for Chromatic Harmonica by Max De Aloe (endorsed by Toots Thielemans) is the first book to fully treat the chromatic harmonica as a legitimate instrument, with scale studies in every key, arpeggios exercises, rhythmic and melodic fluency studies, and a great play-along CD too.

Minor is Major - by Dan Greenblatt. The most comprehensive study ever published of minor-key harmony. Endorsed by Jerry Bergonzi, George Cables, Jim Snidero, Rachel Z and Billy Harper.

Modern Etudes for Solo Trumpet - by Cameron Pearce. Hip, modern written etudes, including CD tracks played by Terell Stafford, Dave Douglas, Ingrid Jensen, etc.

Playing for Singers - by Mike Greensill. The most comprehensive book ever published on how pianists should accompany singers in the jazz or cabaret traditions. Endorsed by Michael Feinstein and Larry Dunlap.

Real Easy Ear Training Book - by Roberta Radley. The most comprehensive, practical guide ever published on how to hear the harmonic movement of chords in any style of music, by the co-chair of Berklee College of Music Ear Training Department.

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Serious Jazz Practice Book - by Barry Finnerty. A jazz version of Slonimsky's Thesaurus, which gives the reader hundreds and hundreds of cool patterns to play on the scales, chords and intervals that make up jazz songs.

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Three-note Voicings and Beyond - by Randy Vincent. A thorough study of how to construct and use these crucial jazz guitar voicings. Glowing endorsements from Pat Metheny, Mike Stern, Ben Monder and others.